socat: SOcket CAT (netcat-like utility with many enhancements) socat: socat: socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent socat: data channels. Each of these data channels may be a file, pipe, device socat: (serial line etc. or a pseudo terminal), a socket (UNIX, IP4, IP6 - raw, socat: UDP, TCP), an SSL socket, proxy CONNECT connection, a file descriptor socat: (stdin etc.), the GNU line editor, a program, socat: or a combination of two of these. socat: socat: socat: